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Pinning Their Hopes on Becoming All-Americans

Written by Kaylee Ascher on . Posted in Sports

Three athletes on the Missouri Baptist University women’s wrestling team left the NAIA Women’s Wrestling National Invitational with All-American honors.

Jessica Corredor, Josette Partney and Karoline Ortiz represent the Missouri Baptist University Spartans well as they finished their wrestling season as NAIA All-American athletes. Photos courtesy of MBU Athletics

Making History One Game At A Time

Written by Kamryn Bell on . Posted in Sports

The Missouri Baptist University Spartans women’s lacrosse team looks forward to starting the new season after having a monumental year on the field in spring 2021. The team continues to work, build, grow and reflect together with sights set clearly on making history for their program and establishing a strong position within the conference.

The MBU women’s lacrosse team poses with the bracket poster as graduate Kaitlin Mills places the Missouri Baptist sticker in the position of the third and final round of the KCAC tournament after defeating No. 2 St. Ambrose, 12-10.     Photo by Dan Dotson

Spartan Baseball’s Two-Time All-American

Written by Trevor Chaney on . Posted in Sports

Orlando Olivera is among a small percentage of athletes who have found success in a game of failure, and he added consistency to his success by being named first-team All-American twice during his college career. Along the way, he established himself as one of the best players to wear the Spartan uniform.

Orlando Olivera watches a hit during a game. During his tenure at Missouri Baptist University, Olivera won consecutive All-American awards and set multiple school records before being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals. Olivera returned to MBU as an assistant coach for the 2019 season.       Photo courtesy of MBU Athletics

MBU’s All-American Athlete from Italy

Written by Sarah Broyles on . Posted in Sports

Caterina Cigarini, 23, has known since she was 12 years old that she would play volleyball, but the sport has brought much more to her life than she originally imagined. Now, as her collegiate volleyball career comes to a close, she is taking a look back at the relationships she made and the lessons she learned during her time as a Spartan.

Caterina Cigarini celebrates a scored point against Texas Wesleyan University with teammates during the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa, in 2019. Cigarini would post a season-high 22 kills to help lead the Spartans to a 3-2 victory.      Photos courtesy of MBU Athletics

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